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Sao Tome & Principe Chronology
The entire pre-independence history of the islands was as a Portuguese colony exploited by plantation owners.
* 1972û1973 Strikes by plantation workers. Liberation movement set up in Gabon is recognized by UN.
* 1975 Independence as Marxist state. Plantations nationalized.
* 1978 Attempted coup suppressed.
* 1984 Declares itself non-aligned.
* 1990 New democratic constitution.